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The following 22 announcements were posted to the H-Net web site
between 2012-10-09 and 2012-10-10.
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Title: Literature and History: Writing World War II in France
Location: New York
Date: 2012-10-11
Description: Thursday, October 11, 201212-2 p.m. East Gallery,
Buell Hall, Columbia University Main campus entrance at
Broadway and 116th st. Please join us for a roundtable
discussion about literature and World War II in France, on the
occasion of the English-language translation of Laurent Binets
novel HHhH. ...
Contact: ll2787@columbia.edu
URL: www.maisonfrancaise.org
Announcement ID: 197614
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=197614
Title: La soif du monde (A Thirsty World)
Location: New York
Date: 2012-10-11
Description: Thursday, October 11, 20126:30 p.m. East Gallery,
Buell Hall, Columbia University Main campus entrance at
Broadway and 116th st A documentary by Yann Arthus-Bertrand,
directed by Thierry Piantanida and Baptiste Rouget-Luchaire
(2012, 90 min.) With introductory remarks by Pierre Gentine,
Assistant P ...
Contact: ll2787@columbia.edu
URL: www.maisonfrancaise.org
Announcement ID: 197615
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=197615
Title: The State of Hurt: Sentiment, Politics, Censorship
Date: 2012-10-12
Description: Situated at a historic conjuncture of mass-mediated
outrage, this conference will attempt to interrogate the
political register of hurt vis--vis its conditions of
production and retaliation. Recent events such as the furore
over a public reading from Salman Rushdies banned novel The
Satanic Verses, ...
Contact: rinaramdev@yahoo.com
Announcement ID: 197690
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=197690
Title: Conf: Wissenschaft between East and West: The Hungarian
Connection in Modern Jewish Scholarship - Budapest (Oct. 14-16)
Date: 2012-10-14
Description: Wissenschaft between East and West: The Hungarian
Connection in Modern Jewish Scholarship International
Conference organized by the Center of of Jewish Studies,
Institute for Minority Studies (Center for Social Sciences of
the Hungarian Academy of Sciences); Jewish Studies at Central
European Unive ...
Contact: FoldesD@ceu.hu or
URL: web.ceu.hu/jewishstudies/lectures.htm
Announcement ID: 197650
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=197650
Title: University of Mississippi Conference on the Civil War, Oct.
19 & 20, 2012
Location: Mississippi
Date: 2012-10-19
Description: The War at Home: Civilians Experience the Civil War
The Center for Civil War Research at the University of
Mississippi is pleased to announce its 2012 Conference on the
Civil War. The theme of this year's conference is "The War at
Home." Scholars will present research that reimagines the scope
and ...
Contact: civilwar@olemiss.edu
URL: civilwarcenter.olemiss.edu/conference2012.html
Announcement ID: 197580
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=197580
Title: October 19-20: Stories of Chinese Poetic Culture Conference
Location: Illinois
Date: 2012-10-19
Description: Inaugural Conference of the Forum on Chinese Poetic
CultureStories of Chinese Poetic Culture: Earliest Times
through the Tang Lucy Ellis Lounge, Foreign Languages Building
707 S Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801 October 19-20, 2012 Both
days are free and open to public. If anyone is interested,
please ...
Contact: chen125@illinois.edu
URL: forumonchinesepoeticculture.weebly.com/
Announcement ID: 197678
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=197678
Title: The General: Charles de Gaulle and the France He Saved
Location: New York
Date: 2012-10-24
Description: Wednesday, October 24, 20126-7:30 p.m. East Gallery,
Buell Hall, Columbia University Main campus entrance at
Broadway and 116th st Talk by Jonathan Fenby, moderated by
Robert O. Paxton Jonathan Fenby discusses his new biography,
The General: Charles de Gaulle and the France He Saved,
released in Ju ...
Contact: ll2787@columbia.edu
URL: www.maisonfrancaise.org
Announcement ID: 197616
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=197616
Title: Thirteenth Annual International Graduate Student Conference
on Transatlantic History, October 25 2012
Location: Texas
Date: 2012-10-25
Description: Thirteenth Annual International Graduate Student
Conference on Transatlantic History Thursday October 25,
2012The University of Texas at Arlington The Transatlantic
History Student Organization (THSO) in collaboration with Phi
Alpha Theta, the Barksdale Lecture Series, the History
Department, Stude ...
Contact: isabelle.rispler@mavs.uta.edu
URL: www.uta.edu/studentorgs/thso/
Announcement ID: 197713
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=197713
Title: 26th Annual Conference of the Middle-Atlantic Writers
Association"New Voices in African-American Literature and
Popular Culture"Featuring Novelist Daniel Black and
Poet/Filmmaker M. K. Asante, Jr.
Location: Maryland
Date: 2012-10-26
Description: Annual meeting of scholars, educators, students,
writers and literary patrons discussing topics related to
neglected aspects of literature, especially with regard to
African-Americans, minorities and writers in the African
Diaspora--featuring novelist Daniel Black, poet/filmmaker M. K.
Asante and p ...
Contact: Burney.Hollis@Morgan.edu
URL:
www.morganstatenewsroom.com/2012/10/03/new-voices-in-african-american-literature-popular-culture/
Announcement ID: 197591
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=197591
Title: 26th Annual Conference of the Middle-Atlantic Writers
Association: New Voices in African-American
Literature--Featuring Daniel Black and M. K. Asante, Jr.
Location: Maryland
Date: 2012-10-26
Description: Annual conference of scholars, educators, students,
writers, publishers and patrons of literature in a national
dialogue about African-American literature and popular culture,
the literature of the African Diaspora and neglected aspects of
literature and culture--focusing on the novels of Daniel Bl ...
Contact: Burney.Hollis@Morgan.edu
URL:
www.morganstatenewsroom.com/2012/10/03/new-voices-in-african-american-literature-popular-culture/
Announcement ID: 197631
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=197631
Title: The Weight of the Colonial Past on Immigration Policy in
France
Location: New York
Date: 2012-10-30
Description: Tuesday, October 30, 20126-7:30 p.m. East Gallery,
Buell Hall, Columbia University Main campus entrance at
Broadway and 116th st Alexis Spire discusses how French
immigration policies bear the marks of a colonial past that has
often been disguised or camouflaged by the French government.
Alexis Spi ...
Contact: ll2787@columbia.edu
URL: www.maisonfrancaise.org
Announcement ID: 197617
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=197617
Title: Diplomatic Fabrics: Embassy and Agency In Early Modern
Europe
Date: 2012-11-08
Description: Diplomatic Fabrics: Embassy and Agency In Early
Modern Europe 8-10 November 2012 Universit de Toulouse 2 Le
Mirail, France Project description This conference aims to
unveil and to theorise the marginal shapes diplomacy assumed
before its formal definition in the 18th century. Emissaries,
heralds, ...
Contact: diplofab@gmail.com
URL: blogs.univ-tlse2.fr/ambassadeurs/en/
Announcement ID: 197645
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=197645
Title: The Japan Foundation 40th Anniversary Symposium,
"Transcending Borders: New Trends in International Cultural
Exchange", on November 9, 2012
Date: 2012-11-09
Description: The Japan Foundation hosts a public symposium,
"Transcending Borders: New Trends in International Cultural
Exchange", on Friday, November 9th, 2012, to commemorate its
40th anniversary. The symposium will invite leading figures
across a variety of fields such as novelist, artist, architect,
academi ...
Contact: chiteki@jpf.go.jp
URL: www.jpf.go.jp/e/intel/40th/index.html
Announcement ID: 197635
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=197635
Title: The international conference of African scholars and
practitioners
Date: 2012-11-26
Description: The international conference of African scholars and
practitioners is an all&#8208;exciting reawakening research
program of ECRC. The annual conference is designed to create a
new platform where Young African scholars and practitioners
from diverse fields as well as researchers, university lecturer
...
Contact: eduwatchconsults@gmail.com
URL: www.ecrc.com.ng,www.ecrconline.com
Announcement ID: 197622
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=197622
Title: 6th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean
Studies, 26-29 March 2013, Athens, Greece
Date: 2013-03-26
Description: Second Call for Papers and Participation The Athens
Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) organizes its 6th
Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies, 26-29
March 2013, Athens, Greece. The conference website is:
www.atiner.gr/mediterranean.htm. The aim of the conference is
to ...
URL: www.atiner.gr/mediterranean.htm
Announcement ID: 197664
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=197664
Title: Languages of the Mediterranean Basin Mini Conference, 26-29
March 2013, Athens, Greece
Date: 2013-03-26
Description: The Athens Institute for Education and Research
(ATINER) is organizing a special mini conference on the
Languages of the Mediterranean Basin as part of its 6th Annual
International Conference on Mediterranean Studies, 26-29 March
2013, Athens, Greece. For further details, please go to the
conferenc ...
Announcement ID: 197665
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=197665
Title: LIES 2013: Saints and Sinners: Postmodernism, Feminism and
Medievalism in Literature in English
Date: 2013-04-21
Description: From the early feminists to postmodern protagonists
her novels rewrite medieval saints and sinners, Victorian
mediums and contemporary visionaries, offering us new
perspectives on well known stories and motifs. Michele Roberts
herself will be our guest of honor at LIES 2013, on 21st April,
and her ...
Contact: kbronk@wa.amu.edu.pl
URL: wa.amu.edu.pl/hla/
Announcement ID: 197638
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=197638
Title: Eastern Economic Association 39th Annual Conference
Location: New Jersey
Date: 2013-05-09
Description: Meet academics and business professionals from the
business world in this educational networking event. This event
is a three day meeting in May aimed at presenting and
discussing papers in various economic fields. We will be at the
Sheraton in NYC from May 9th to the 11th. ...
Contact: eea@ramapo.edu
URL: www.ramapo.edu/eea/
Announcement ID: 197586
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=197586
Title: International Young Scholars Conference 2013
Date: 2013-05-17
Description: De La Salle University-Manila's College of Liberal
Arts will host its first-ever international conference for
graduate students, young scholars, and junior faculty. The
event, dubbed "International Young Scholars Conference 2013,"
aims to provide a venue for dialogue on knowledge and
experiences be ...
Contact: intl.youngscholarsconference@gmail.com
URL: https://sites.google.com/site/iysc2013/
Announcement ID: 197640
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=197640
Title: In search of participants for a SHAFR conference panel.
Location: Virginia
Deadline: 2013-06-20
Description: Please allow me to introduce myself. In 2006, I
completed my doctorate in U.S. diplomatic history at the
University of California, Berkeley. I am currently a visiting
scholar at Sodertorn University College in Sweden, where I am
conducting research on the foreign policy of the late Prime
Minister O ...
Contact: lubna.qureshi@sh.se
Announcement ID: 197565
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=197565
Title: Eastern European Culture at the 2013 PCA/ ACA
Location: District of Columbia
Date: 2013-11-30
Description: CALL FOR PROPOSALS: SESSIONS, PANELS, PAPERS Eastern
European Studies NATIONAL POPULAR CULTURE & AMERICAN CULTURE
ASSOCIATIONS 2013 JOINT CONFERENCE March 27- 30, 2013in
Washington DC We are considering proposals for sessions
organized around a theme, special panels, and/or individual
papers. Sessi ...
Contact: phoboes2000@yahoo.com
URL: ncp.pcaaca.org
Announcement ID: 197680
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=197680
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Date: 2012-12-15
Description: A One day workshop focusing on the jurisprudence of
the Islamic law. ...
Contact: carlton@oisi.org.uk
URL: oisi.org.uk/sharia.html
Announcement ID: 197724
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=197724
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